Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1887-01-06


In lecture delivered by Col. Ro-
bert G. IngersOll. at Chicksring Hall.
New York. short time ago. among
other sayings Of that talented gentle
men were the following:
If nobody has too much everybody
will have enough.
/ would like to see this world 80
that man could die and not feel that
he had left his wife and children .
prey to the greed or avarice or neces-
sites Of mankind.
There is something wrong in the
system when idleness is burdened with
wealth, and industry with famine.
Get ont Of your mind that old nom
sense about mans free moral agency.
A man is no more responsible for his
character than for his height, or his
acts than for his dreams Then you
have charity for the whole human
race.
Wealth is not crime, nor is power
ty a virtue, although virtue has gener-
ally been poor.
There is only one goldman hap
piness.
To do right is the bud blossom and
fruit of wisdom.
No perfectly civilized man could be
happy while there was an unhappy
being in the universe that he knew.
The poor imagine that the rich live
in Paradise. know that most of them
live in a gilded he'll.
No man has the genius or the brains
to own FIVE million dollars. The mon
ey owns him. He is the key of the
safe. Yet these men 60 on accumul-
ating. 1t is sort of insanity. I'm
agine a mana good, intelligent man
with two million coats laughter,
six or eight million hats cheers.
billion neckties laughter and cheers.
Then imagine him getting up at 4:30
o'clock in the morning and working
hard all day to get another necktie.
Prolonged applause.
Great wealth is the mother Of crime.
The gulf is growing wide between
Lazarus and Dives, only the two have
changed places. Dives is in Abra-
hams bosom.
The rich have scorn and contempt
for the poor; the poor envy and hatred
for the rich. There must be some way
for the loving poor and the sympa-
thetic rich to get acquainted. If There
is anything that should bring mankind
together it is a common belief, but in
this Christian country there is no well
come in the velvet for the rags. |
would think much of any religion that
would allow the rich and poor to clasp
hands, if only for one instant, once a
week.
All men are not capable of getting
living now. Some are not cunning
enough.
Millions of machines have been in
vented to save labor, but the labor
does not own the machine. The
machine owns the labor.
No man should be allowed to own
any land that he does not use; but /
would not take an inch of land from
any one without paying for it.
If it were possible to bottle the air,
there would be a great American air
bottling association before shutdown
tomorrow, and millions would be al.
lowed TO die for want of breath if
they were unable to pay the monthly
aiI bills.
would not only see homes made
free from attachment for debt, but free
from taxation also. Then we would
have nation of Gresidss and a nation
of patriots.
There Is something about money
that dries up the affections. l sun
pose that one reason of II il that tbo
moment man gets any money there
are so many trying to get it away from
him that he thinks the whole race are
his enemies.
don't blame the rich, mind YOU;
they are the natural products of the
system, Blame the system.
The first great remedy is in the bal
let. The poor are in the majority.
/: the law Expresses them it is their
fault. They have followed the fife
and drum of some party. No man
should go with a party unless it is
going his way.
a civilized man will never want to
sell thing for more than it is worth,
nor Will ne want to buy anything for
less than what il is worth.
Look at the children of the rich
My God, what punishment for being
rich